Sections:

Collection Overview

Title:

Walter Nickerson Hill Papers

Date range:

1860-1905, (bulk 1870-1884)

Creator:

Walter Nickerson Hill, 1846-1884

Extent:

4.0 Linear feet

Abstract:

American chemist. Letters and manuscripts; letterpress books; scrapbook; notebooks; documents; pamphlets; photographs; and memorabilia. The bulk of the written material (to, from, and about Hill) dates from 1870-1884. It consists of personal letters between Hill and his wife; letters between Hill and leading scientists and ordinance specialists; letters to and from important political, scientific, and military figures regarding Hill's application for appointment of Professor of Mathematics in the Navy; business correspondence; Hill's patents and pamphlets regarding explosives, demagnetization, etc.; newspaper clippings of Hill's death in an explosion.